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It’s a pity Addo National Elephant Park didn’t exist when little Nelly packed up her trunk and waved cheery-bye to the circus. She would have loved it here. Well, over 450 elephants can’t be wrong. In fact, they’ve made themselves quite at home in the park which is situated 75km from [...]
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Depending on which guidebook you read, you’ll find Camps Bay touted as either Cape Town’s answer to South Beach, St Tropez or Marbella. Bottom line: Camps Bay is WAG heaven and about as far away as you can get from the roaring, sweaty crowds of the city’s Green Point Stadium. So [...]
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It seems like only yesterday when Charlize Theron was plucking Ireland out of the draw for this year’s FIFA World Cup in South Africa. If only she wasn’t joking.
Anyway, enough of the Irish violins. With World Cup fever everywhere else reaching delirious point, I thought the time was ripe to bring [...]
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Over the past few weeks, I’ve stumbled across all kinds of useful travel sites that I’d wish I’d known about the last time I was planning a trip away. After lots of deliberation (and much daydreaming about upcoming journeys), I’ve come to the conclusion that the following three deserve gold stars, in my book anyway…
OneTravel
If you’re [...]
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Last week’s European airspace shutdown resulted in 22% of international car hire bookings being cancelled and over 95% of passengers not showing up to collect their cars at European airports, according to latest figures. At the moment, the disruption is thought to amount to an estimated loss of €65 million (£57 million).
Overall, the [...]
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Dollar Thrifty as we know it is no more. US car rental giant Hertz Global Holdings Inc has just announced that it is snapping up its rival car rental company for a cool $1.2 billion. Combined, the companies plan to compete even more effectively and efficiently against other multi-brand car rental companies.
The deal [...]
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Yesssss. FINALLY. He got his comeuppance. Well, it had to happen sooner or later. It just so happens that Michael O’ Leary ended up with egg on his face during the one of the worst weeks in history for the European aviation industry.
On a landmark day for fed up Ryanair passengers everywhere, the Ryanair chief exec [...]
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British Airways is haemorrhaging £20m (€23m) a day, 150,000 British holidaymakers are stranded and most of Europe’s airports are lying empty, with the exception of the odd bit of tumbleweed. So what’s all the fuss about – it’s only a bit of dust isn’t it?
Well, no. This isn’t any old dust, it’s volcanic dust and [...]
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If you’re due to go on holidays in the next few days and you’ve booked a rental car, please be aware that ArgusCarHire.com has just announced that it is offering a full refund and free cancellation on all bookings that have been affected by Europe’s ongoing ash cloud [...]
“Knock knock, open wide, see what’s on the other side, knock knock any more, come with me through the Magic Door”.
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Anyone who grew up in Ireland in the late ‘70s or ‘80s, knows what I’m talking about. [...]
